Nova Biosource Fuels Achieves Substantial Completion at Seneca Biodiesel Refinery

Nova Biosource Fuels, Inc., a refiner and marketer of ASTM quality biodiesel, announced today it has received certification of substantial completion from the independent engineer for its Seneca biodiesel refinery project. Certification of substantial completion requires that the refinery demonstrates to the satisfaction of the project’s independent... 

Entergy’s Louisiana Utilities to Hit 70 Percent Restoration Mark Sunday Night

Entergy Corporation’s Louisiana utilities expect to have power restored to 70 percent of Louisiana customers affected by Hurricane Gustav by Sunday night. Entergy New Orleans, Inc. had restored power to 96 percent of its customers by 11:30 a.m. Sunday. Entergy Gulf Utilities Louisiana, L.L.C. estimated more than 60 percent of Baton Rouge metro... 

Entergy’s Pace of Gustav Restoration Hits Record Level

Entergy Corporation utilities are restoring power to customers affected by Hurricane Gustav at the fastest rate in the company’s history. “We have restored power to more customers in four days than we ever have before. Our restoration rate surpasses that accomplished following either hurricanes Katrina or Rita,” said Randy Helmick,... 

ITC Sends Crews to Assist With Power Restoration in Hurricane-Ravaged Gulf Coast Communities

ITC Holdings Corp. has sent emergency field crews from its Michigan and Iowa operations to Louisiana to assist with power restoration efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Gustav. The Gulf Coast storm, which hit Monday, has left more than 1.9 million residents in Louisiana without electricity. More than 90,000 households in neighboring Mississippi are... 

Entergy Warns of Precarious Power Island Situation in Southeastern Louisiana

Entergy’s transmission system has sustained extremely severe damage from Hurricane Gustav, damage that could make power restoration a difficult and slow process, especially in southeastern Louisiana. In terms of power outages, Hurricane Gustav was the second worst in Entergy’s 95-year history, peaking at about 850,000 early Tuesday —... 

Southridge Receives $7.5 Million for Brazil Ethanol Plant

Southridge Enterprises, Inc. announced that the Company’s subsidiary, Southridge Brasilia Corp. (“SBC”), has received a total of $7,500,000 from its project partners for the construction of the ethanol facility in Brazil. Southridge director, Mr. Marcio Santos, has been working closely with our Brazilian partners Durmundo Carasca SA... 

Denbury Agrees to Purchase Texas Field for Potential Tertiary Flood

Denbury Resources Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a privately owned company to purchase a 91.4% interest in Conroe Field, a significant potential tertiary flood north of Houston, Texas, for $600 million, plus additional potential consideration if oil prices exceed $121 per barrel during the next three years as further... 

Largest Ground-Mounted Solar Power Tracking System East of Mississippi River Being Built at Merck & Co., Inc. Headquarters

By the end of 2008, the world headquarters of Merck & Co., Inc. in Whitehouse Station, N.J., will have the largest ground-mounted solar power tracking system in the eastern half of the United States. A 1.6-megawatt SunPower solar tracking power system, comprising approximately 7,000 solar panels, will cover seven acres of Merck’s 1,000-acre... 

InStep Software to Supply Enterprise Historian for South Mississippi Electric Power Association

InStep Software, LLC, a leading provider of real-time software systems and solutions, announced today that South Mississippi Electric Power Association (SMEPA) has selected InStep’s eDNA historian software to collect, store, display and report information from SMEPA’s GE XA/21 Energy Management System, Foxboro I/A DCS, and other plant control... 

Southridge to Build Awareness in Asian Markets

Southridge Enterprises, Inc. announces that it has signed a market and investor awareness contract with investment and marketing firm, Kikomaki Corp., to bring exposure to the Asian brokerage community. The contract is for a one year period, during which Kikomaki will be featuring Southridge to the retail client bases of a number of large Asian brokerage...